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Selections for Thurles – Mar. 5th 2026
1.58: FANCY GIRL (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.28: FLEUR IN THE PARK (CIAN QUIRKE/ANDY SLATTERY) 2.58: DRIVEONWILL – EW – (DANNY GILLIGAN/ROSS O’SULLIVAN) 3.30: WE BE GRAND – EW – (CAL HOGAN (2*) /ERIC MCNAMARA) 4.05: WESTERN WALK (JACK KENNEDY/JONATHAN SWEENEY) 4.38: OAKS SOLDIER – EW – (CARL MILLAR (5)/EAMON COURTNEY) 5.13: LOOKING FOR EIGHT (PADDY…
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Selections for Naas – Mar. 4th 2026
2.20: JERRY FROM KERRY – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/EMMET MULLINS) 2.50: STRAIGHT JOHN (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.20: CRY BEFORE DAWN – EW – (SIMON TORRENS/PAT FOLEY) 3.52: ROCKY’S HOWYA (KEVIN HEALY (7)/DECLAN QUEALLY) 4.22: MILLIE B – EW – (JOSH WILLIAMSON (5)/LIZ LALOR) 4.52: CATHRYN’S RUBY – EW – (SEAN O’KEEFFE/PAT FOLEY) 5.22: BROWN BOOTS…
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Selections for Leopardstown – Mar. 3rd 2026
1.55: HI HO IDAHO – EW – (JORDAN GAINFORD/CIAN COLLINS) 2.25: TORPILLE DRAGOSTIS (JOSH WILLIAMSON (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.55: ONEFORTHEDITCH – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/EAMONN GALLAGHER) 3.25: PEBBLE BLEU – EW – (CAL HOGAN (5)/COLIN MOTHERWAY) 3.55: KAROLINA BANBOU (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 4.25: JOYAU DE THAIX – EW – (EOIN STAPLES (5)/PAUL NOLAN) 4.55: HARBOUR HIGHWAY…
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Selections for Leopardstown – Mar. 2nd 2026
2.25: GREY JUDE (DAN KING/CONNOR KING) 2.55: PETIT SECRET (SEAN CLEARY-FARRELL (4*) /WILLIE MULLINS) 3.25: EL FABIOLO (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.55: BETTER TIMES – EW – (MICHAEL KENNEALLY (5)/SONNY CAREY) 4.25: MONBEG PARK – EW – (MICHAEL KENNEALLY (5)/JACK FOLEY) 4.55: ONETHREEFIVENOTOUT – EW – (JAMES SMITH (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 5.30: MENTO (PADDY MULLINS/TOM COOPER)
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Mixed bag for the ladies
Any sportsperson, in an individual pursuit or a team based one, can only work with the hand of circumstances they are dealt. So yes, the Meath Ladies have had to adjust to life without Vikki Wall, Katie Newe, Orlagh Lally, Aoibhin Cleary, Monica McGuirk, Emma Troy, Aoibheann Leahy, Stacey Grimes,Kerrie Cole, Shauna Ennis and Maire…
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Another task ticked off the list but nothing on the shelf yet
MEATH…1-21 KILDARE…0-10 Balancing gut feeling with reality can be a very tricky task indeed. Six days ago, from a certain angle, Meath were somewhat unlucky to come away from Pairc Ui Rinn empty handed, yet an objective analysis would also conclude that they left enough waste behind them to have had the game won. Tonight…
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Chips off old blocks out to lay their own foundations (updated 2.21pm, 28/2)
If, like me, you are the least bit nostalgic or superstitious, it’s hard to which element is most exciting. The fact that Eamonn Murray is back looking after a Meath Ladies team again. Or to look at the pedigree of some of those with whom he is working. To see a McKeigue from Navan O’Mahonys…
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Ladies try their hand at musical chairs
With the maddening practice of teams releasing bogus team sheets becoming as big a pandemic as the Covid yoke was a half decade ago (sic) there are times when one wonders is it worth writing pieces about team announcements at all. Yet persist we must, if for no other reason than the fact the people…
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Selections for Navan – Feb. 28th 2026
1.18: HYGGE (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 1.50: GALILEO DAME (JJ SLEVIN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 2.25: CHOSEN DIAMOND – EW – (PHILIP DONNOVAN (3)/EDDIE CAWLEY) 3.00: SAN HILARIO (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.35: JACOB’S LADDER (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.08: FOUND A FIFTY (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.43: FEMME MAGNIFIQUE – EW – (CIAN QUIRKE/PAUL KIELY)
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